Deadspin: Hee Seop Choi

Roger Clemens' Multinational Laundry

Leitch — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 11:00:20 EDT

Yesterday, perpetual retiree Roger Clemens was in Houston to receive his National League Championship Ring. As usual, Clemens was asked about his plans for this season, whether he'll retire, whether he'll play, who he would play for, so on, ad nauseum. But then the conversation took a bizarre, and rather queasy, turn. Clemens was asked about the World Baseball Classic, specifically about the different fan communities from all across the globe. His response involved, uh, a discussion of why he was unable to get his dry cleaning in a prompt fashion.

"They said, 'You've got no chance,' they told me," Clemens said. "I said, 'I'm going to get it tomorrow, right?' And then she goes, 'No chance, we're going to the game.' So we couldn't get dry cleaning done out there, but I guess the neatest thing about them was there were about 50,000 of them at Anaheim Stadium, Korea and Japan.

We imagine Clemens having a similar discussion last season, after reaching on a single against the Dodgers, with first baseman Hee Seop Choi.

"So, hoss, I'm glad I've got you here. Listen, my guy is charging me $25 for a shirt and $40 for a suit. Doesn't that seem insane to ya'll? Forty bucks? Is that what you charge? You surely charge less than that, right?"

Clemens Gets NL Ring [ESPN]

The Befuddling Nature Of Hee Seop Choi

Leitch — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 09:15:20 EST

Well, it probably won't come as much solace to the Paul DePodestas of the world, but for one week, anyway, the stat nerds have been vindicated; the much maligned Hee Seop Choi is beating the piss out of the world's pitchers. Last night he hit a three-run homer off Team USA's Dan Wheeler — wait ... Dan Wheeler is on that team? — that secured a 7-3 victory for Korea. It was the U.S.' second loss in the World Baseball Classic — Korea is the only undefeated team — and they need a win tomorrow against Mexico (and a little help) to advance.

Meanwhile, there is Hee Seop Choi. We have always liked him, because we love players who are huge, lumbering, clumsy and still productive; it reminds us that baseball has always been less of an athletic endeavor than other sports. We remember being at Wrigley Field a few years ago, when Choi pinch-hit in the 11th inning of a game against our Cardinals. Wrigley rocked with the sound of "Hee-Seop-CHOI! Hee-Seop-CHOI! Hee-Seop-CHOI!" In the clutch situation, Choi, true to form, walked.

The Joy Of Choi [Baseball Musings]

Communication Breakdown

Leitch — Wed, 31 Aug 2005 11:59:53 EDT

Taken by Cubs blogger Bleed Cubbie Blue, the above photo is of Dodgers first baseman and fantasy team kryptonite Hee Seop Choi giving hitting advice to Cubs outfielder and even worse fantasy offender Corey Patterson.

This is funny for several reasons.

• Choi is seven inches taller than Patterson. It's always funny when someone looks really short.
• Choi and Patterson are former teammates and are just about as equally unpopular among Cubs fans. They probably should have kept an eye out for snipers.
• Choi speaks English about as well as Patterson speaks Korean.

Best part: Neither player made it into in the game.

Class Is In Session [Bleed Cubbie Blue]

Defending The Choi

Leitch — Tue, 23 Aug 2005 13:32:46 EDT

We had no idea that someone had devoted a blog to Dodgers first baseman Hee Seop Choi, but we suppose we shouldn't be surprised. Best part: The tagline, which reads, "A blog watching would be firstbaseman - Hee Seop Choi - rot on the bench cause of an idiot manager!!" We sure that isn't you, Hee? (Seop?)

Choi Central [Blogspot]